My initial attempts at preparing/sharpening chisels and plane blades involved the use of extra course, fine and extra fine DMT Dia-Sharp stones and various grits of wet/dry sandpaper using a blanchard ground steel backing plate. I think the results obtained so far have been fairly good but after watching some videos on YouTube, especially those by Rob Cosman I want to kick my sharpening up a notch. Here are some of the improvements I have in mind.
Shapton 16000 grit Glass Stone - Mr. Cosman uses this stone as a final step in sharpening after using a 1000 grit diamond plate. Seems odd that nothing is used in between. Does anyone know what he uses in the final step in flattening the back of chisels?
Shapton stone holder, the heavier one. I have the DMT holder with the magnetic base and it works well with their Dia-Sharp stones. I'm hoping the Shapton holder does an equally good job with their Glass Stones. Anyone have experience with this?
After dealing with the mess created using wet stones I was thinking of getting the Shapton Sharpening Pond. Seems like a nice product. Comments?
Any suggestions in improving my chisel and plane sharpening would be appreciated.